Tyler adapts and applies 3 years of honorable Army service as a squad leader and weapons specialist to all of his projects.

As the Production Designer of IFC's series Portlandia, Tyler moves fast, thinking on his feet and creates sets and props on the fly. In a television show that at its heart is an improv sketch show, Tyler constantly solves on-the-fly requests as fast as they come in.

Tyler has woirked on feature films including: The River Why, The FP, and more recently, The Kings of Summer, about three teenage friends, in the ultimate act of independence, decide to spend their summer building a house in the woods and living off the land.